[Hiring] Full Stack Developer @steampunk

Role Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Full-Stack Developer to design, build, and optimize advanced AI solutions across predictive, generative, and autonomous system domains. This role requires strong hands-on engineering capabilities, deep familiarity with modern AI architectures, and the ability to translate mission needs into robust, production-ready AI capabilities. The Developer will work across the full stack of AI development, from data ingestion and model experimentation to application integration, orchestration, and deployment, and will collaborate closely with product teams, LLMOps engineers, designers, and mission stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of software engineers, test automation engineers, designers, and product owners to bring conceptual solutions to life in a mature Agile/DevSecOps environment.
• Leverage experience by working with different application teams and technology stacks to provide clients with exceptional solutions and functional products.
• Hands-on development of new functionality and delivery of product releases.
• Ensure solutions follow Steampunk’s philosophy of human-centered design and co-created experiences.
• Commit to continuous learning and solving challenging problems with self-motivation and determination.

Qualifications

• Ability to hold a position of public trust with the U.S. government.
• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of relevant experience OR Master's Degree and 3 years of experience OR No degree and 7 years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of experience with software development, software architecture, APIs, and microservices.
• 5+ years of experience with building software using agile methods.
• 5+ years of experience with multiple back-end languages (e.g. C, C#, Java, Python, Ruby on Rails) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js).
• 5+ years of experience with build, deployment, and release automation and orchestration in a DevOps environment.
• 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure.
• 3+ years of experience with database engineering, and manipulating relational and NoSQL databases.
• 3+ years of experience with infrastructure as code environments, including automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD.
• 3+ years of experience with automating tests for determining quality, security, performance, and usability of a system.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as OpenShift, EKS, and Docker.
• Experience writing and evaluating user stories, acceptance criteria, and pull-requests.
• Experience working in HCD, Agile, and DevSecOps environments.
• Possess and maintain at least one professional active certification relevant to the technical services provided.

Preferred Skills / Attributes

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Ansible or Terraform.
• Experience with Lean Design, Test Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
• A passion to contribute to the full stack – the front-end, backend, and anything in-between (middleware or otherwise).
• Ability to mentor younger software engineers.
• Familiar with AI/ML, generative AI, or LLM-driven application development.
• Familiar with modern AI frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar.
• Experience implementing RAG architectures, embeddings, vector stores, and context retrieval patterns.
• Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration frameworks, prompt engineering strategies, and advanced LLM interaction design.
• Experience with structured and unstructured data, document processing, and application integration with existing enterprise systems.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles including safety, fairness, privacy, and model risk mitigation.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, design, and mission domains.